Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Grant

The Kaweah Health Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a rural training program. Most of the clinical experiences will take place in rural communities in the central valley and in rural areas. At this time, we do not offer a non-rural trail.

Our training sites have been carefully selected by Cory Daniel Jaques, MD, our Director of the Fellowship Program to provide a wide range of clinical and psychopathology experiences with an emphasis on caregiving in rural communities. Here are some examples of key sites: Kaweah Health Rural Outpatient Clinic, Lindsay and Dinuba; Hospital for children of the valley, Madera; Tulare Youth Services Office, Tulare.
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Mission statement

Kaweah Health’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program promotes clinical excellence, compassionate care and community service. Our mission is to train child and adolescent psychiatrists who will have a positive impact on the health of young people and their families in the Central Valley. Our training program strives to address disparities in mental health and reduce inequalities in health care and serves a diverse patient population. Our fellows will be able to practice in a variety of settings, with an emphasis on the care of underserved people and in rural communities. We believe in the ethical practice of medicine. Clinical and educational experiences will highlight professional responsibilities and a

respect for ethical principles. We are committed to being an anti-racist agenda, working with Kaweah Health Graduate Medical Education to eliminate structural racism throughout our organization and continually improving our training and curriculum to reflect diversity, equity, justice and inclusion .

Program objectives

• Train excellent independent child and adolescent psychiatrists who can practice evidence-based psychiatry in outpatient, inpatient, residential and integrated primary care settings.

• Train the next generation of child and adolescent psychiatrists to impact the care of children, adolescents and their families at the public health level by serving as consultants to other health professionals in the health care system. juvenile justice, the school system and the community.

• Respond to the behavioral health diagnostic and treatment needs of children and adolescents and their families in the Central Valley, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity expression of gender, sexual orientation or citizenship status.

• Foster the development of individual clinical, research and educational interests in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry.